Candle and shade holder.



S. 0. BLTING. CANDLE AND SHADE' HOLDER. APPLIGATION FILED PBB.25, 1910.

'Patented Jan. 31

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STEWART O. ELTING,

OF DODGE, GEORGIA.

CANDLE AND SHADE HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed February 25, 1910. Serial No. 546,000.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, S'rnwan'r O. EL'rINe, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dodge, in the county of Tillalker, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and uscful lmprovements in Candle and Shade Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description` of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to candle holders and its principal object is to improve the general construction of devices oit' this character.

Another object o' the invention is to provide a candle holder of the tubular spring pressed type with a novel end arrangement having elastic means adapted to be inserted in a candle stick to tit closely therein.

`With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in general of certain novel details oi' construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specilically set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in. the several views, and z-lfigui'e l is a side ele* vation ot a candle stick constructed in accordance with this invention. 2 is a vertical section. therethrough. Fig. 3 a section on the line 7--7 ot Fig. l. Fig. 4t

is a section through the tube on the line t-t,

the balance of the device being omitted. Fig. is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2 showing a modified form of top for the candle receiving tube. Fig. 6 is a view oi the closure for the bottom ot the tube removed irom said tube.

The body of this invention comprises a metallic tube l0, the outside of which is enameled or otherwise finished to resemble in appearance a candle of either the plain or ornamental type as may be desired. rlhe upper end of this tube is provided as i Fig. l with an internal flange 11 extending entirely around the inside of the tube and acting as a. stop to prevent the candle rising too -tar, or it may be provided, as in Fig. 5, with a series of inwardly extending prongs l2 which are arranged to accomplish the saine object. Upon the outside of the upper end is a shade holder 13 which is adapted to support the ornamental candle shade commonly used with candles of this description.

The inside of the lower end of the tube l0 is threaded as at 21 and in this threaded end is fitted a cup-shaped plug 22 having a threaded exterior which engages the thread 2l. The threads on the plug and tube 10 are so arranged that the lower end of the tube and the bottom of the plug lie in the saine plane when the plug is fully screwed in. This plug is provided with a depending annular flange 23 concentric with the body of the plug and so arranged as to leave a shoulder between the body of the plug and this flange. Fitted up against this shoulder and surrounding the flange 28 is a tube of coi-k as indicated at 2a and this tube is of the saine diameter as the tube l0 so that it is lush with the cylindrical sur- :tace of this tube 10 when the plug is inserted in position. Held wit-hin the eupshaped recess of the plug 22 is a spiral spring 25 upon the upper end of which is supported a follower 26.

At 27 is indicated an ordinary candle of proper size to lit within the tube l0.

il-Jhen it is desired to use this device the plug 22 is removed and the spring withdrawn with the plug. A candle is then inserted in the tube with its wick end uppermost and the plug and spring replaced. This forces the candle up to the top of the tube so that the wick projects through the opening at the top, the candle being prevented froin rising too far by the flange 11 or projections l2 according to which form may be used. The device may then be inserted in an ordinary candle stick, the cork permitting itto be pushed irmly into the stick without danger of its wabbling and consequent spilling of candle grease. A shade `o1 any preferred type may then be placed on the shade holder and the candle is ready for lighting.

There has thus been provided a simple and el'lieient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a candle holder, a candle receiving tube internally threaded at its lower end, a plug having an externally threaded body fitted in said threaded end and provided with a reduced extension forming a shoulder in connection with the body or' said plug, said plug further having a cup-shaped into position and the surface of said collar recess in the body and opening upward, a forms a continuation of the surface of the spiral spring having its lower end held in tube.

.sa-icl recess, a follower on the upper end of In testimony whereof, I aiiix iny signa- 5 said spring, and a cork 1(ollarbsurrounding ture, in presence of two witnesses.

said extension, said eo ar a utting said y T shoulder and beingof a diameter equal to STEVART O' ELTIB G' the diameter of the tube whereby the upper Titnessesz end of the collar engages against the lower f C. T. DOUGLAS, 10 end of the tube when the plug is screwed J. P. HIGGINS. 

